Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-30

There has been several fires near MINIS
lately, but no serious damage was done.
Mr.. Garvey lost few orange trees.
Oakland is determined to have news
paper. and its citizens are in communlcs-
ton with a numb Of newspaper men to
that end.
Jack Roach, a young man from Apa-
/ lachicOla, was in small sail boat lasI
week near Tampa, and both, tits believed,
were lost at sea.
Mr.. James Burney, an old landmark
and highly respected citizen OF Clay
county, died on Thursday evening at his
home near Sharon.
{ Z. f. Lartigue has resigned as presi-
dent Of the state Temperance Alliance
Publishing Company. and the place 10
filled by Judge Il. B. Norment.
Sumter county Circuit Court sent up
the following: Frank Reynolds, ten
months in state prison for breaking INTO
house; John Thomas, murder, for life.
William j. Baker, a St. Louis, Mo-.
builder, made a rough calculation Satur-
day OF the value. at present rates, or the
brick of which Fort Pickens is built. lie
thinks they are worth about $lS0,0CO.
Mingo Richardson, one Of the parties
engaged in the cutting scrape at the Col
ored Methodist church at San Mateo,
over by Justice Chester, of that place,
saturday, TO appear tor trial at the next
term OF the Circuit Court.
At Starke the stores OF n. J. Jones Il
Co., J. &. Alvarez and the tin shop or
Cardeli were burglariZ9d Saturday night,
The sale OF the first was forced open and
about $1,000 taken theretrom. Dir. Car
dell reports loss of $500, while Alvarez
did not lose much. The work was I'M
doubleday that OF experts.
Rev. w. X. Pendleton, President of
Bethany College, West Virginia, preach
ed the dedicaJory sermon at the new
Christian church at Jacksonville sunday.
Three hundred dollars collection was
raised to pay of outstanding debts by the
congregation. and the services ended with
the 6enedlction OF the pastor.
Mrs. SIXbury, who it will be remem-
Dered fell on the beach at st. Augustine
a few days ago aud broke her leg, died at
the residence OF her brother, Mr.. |. l.. Eli
wood, at Palatka, on Thursday night from
the effects OF the accident. mrs. SiX6ury
went to Palatka short time since from
Sycamore, Dekalb county, ILL.,, and up to
the time ofthe accident enjoyed the most
robust health.
A man named Manuel vidal and Jose
IeCle quarreled IN a butcher shop at
Ioor City last Tuesday afternoon. Only
a few words had been spoken before pis-
tolls were drawn, and ecle fell wounded,
1t Is supposed mOrtaly. the men are
both Cubans, and 1t is said the quarrel
arose about woman. Vidal was
promptly arrested, and is now in Jail
awaiting the result of his indiscretiOn
and the action ot the Grand Jury.
The Palatka News has frequently men
toned the fact that large sales of Florida
k..,.l .laI l, h. 1t
California, and OF ona man only
few days ago shipping 10000
trees. Last week Messrs. A.
J. Beach & Son, nurserymen, OF Palatka,
sold and shipped 5000 orange and other
trees to Southern Arizona, where orange
culture is beng attempted as we'll as the
growing of several other semi.tropical
fruits.
1t is stated the Duke of Sutherland has
decided to settle in Florida having pur-
chased magnificent river front and
forty acres OF land at Tarpon Springs.
where he will DuIld a cottage to cost
about $4,000, in which he will spend a
couple OF months every winter. This is
said to be the first land purchase the
Duke has made in the United States, not
withstandiDg the report circulated some
time since that he owned several million
acres in the West.
Fuftner developments IN the Senner
murder show that it was one of the most |
dasJardly crimes ever committed in the
county. Halls body mad bsen horribly |
mangled, a 3S.callDre cartridge having |
entered his back, discharged from Win |
chester rifle, making its way through the !
body and lodging in the breast just nder |
the skin. The murderer also struck his |
victim on the head with the barrel of the |
gun, crushing tue skull, aud then cut his |
throat from ear to ear. The body was |
buried in banana patch. about 100 yards !
from where the murder is supposed To |
nave been committed. to the depth o. 4 !
feet. The murder occurred last Monday |
night. Hall was an industrious and !
young man, and was nephew /
Of Prof. H. q. Tousey, proprietor
OF the Valrice Nurseries, near Self
ner. He IS supposed TO have had !
about $500 on his person at the time he /
was murdered. Gibson, 1t seems. lured !
the young man from his home, and then
l0ully murdered him at his iGibsou's)
own home. Gibson is evidently u
bad man, as letters were found
in mis- possession showing that ne
las been going under an assumed
name. Counterfeit money was also found
in his possession. The citizens are thor
oughly aroused and threats OF lynching
are freely made. Gibson bad stolen about
$50 from Hall, and being threatened with
arrest by Hall, he promised to replace the
money il Hall would 10 with him TO his
home, which Hall did, when Gibson
killed him as above stated.
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